Jumat, 04 Maret 2011

Back in 1981, BYU was down by one point with just nine seconds left in an NCAA tourney matchup against perennial power Notre Dame. That’s when an undersized guard named Danny Ainge took an inbound base from the far baseline and went coast to coast via one of the most spectacular drives in NCAA basketball history. His layup with under two seconds remaining gave BYU the victory, and for that feat, Ainge’s name is the first one many would associate with BYU’s program.

Until this year, that is. Thanks to another undersized guard, Jimmer Fredette. The kid’s jumper is so deadly that he’s officially in range the moment he steps inside the gym. His 28 points per game are a big reason why the BYU Cougars have climbed as high as number 3 in the polls.

But suddenly, it’s neither Ainge nor Fredette who is most closely associated with BYU basketball. It’s Brandon Davies, the 6’9? sophomore who leads BYU in rebounding this season. He was suspended from the BYU basketball team on Tuesday for violating the school’s honor code and is ineligible to play for the rest of the season. His absence will severely compromise the Cougar’s best season in 30 years and has many people asking the same question: did the punishment fit the crime?

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